Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 1 - Yokuryuu wa Maiorita

It is the year 2017, and Europe is being invaded by the forces of the Holy Britannian Empire. In an attempt to combat the opposition's overwhelming pressure and put an end to the massive casualties, the army forms a special unit called Wyvern, or W-0, composed of former Japanese citizens referred to as "Elevens." Recruited from ghettos, these young men and women pilot Knightmare frames—humanoid war machines—into dangerous operations where death awaits, hoping to make a name for themselves.

When a European regiment attempting to recapture a crucial city is pinned down by the enemy, it's up to W-0 to bail them out. Among those selected for the rescue operation is Lieutenant Akito Hyuuga, known as "Hannibal's Ghost" due to his prowess on the battlefield. However, the supposed rescue mission becomes suicidal when, in an attempt to take out as many Britannians as possible, the commanding officer initiates the Knightmare's self-destruct sequence. In its aftermath, Akito finds that he is the last one standing…

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Hyuuga, Akito Main

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Malcal, Leila Main

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Naruse, Yukiya Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Kosaka, Ayano Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Sayama, Ryou Main

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Hyuuga Shaing, Shin Supporting

Matsukaze, Masaya Japanese

Smilas, Gene Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou Japanese

Clément, Anna Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Fagan, Hilda Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Warrick, Claus Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji Japanese

Sabat, Christopher Producer

Cook, Justin Producer

Yukawa, Jun Producer

Hosokawa, Osamu Producer

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Nov 7, 2021

DigiCat

Recommended

(this review is for all 5 parts of Akito The Exiled)

Code Geass never fails at telling interesting stories, though the first 2 chapters run quite slow, the pace picks up very quickly by the end of part 2.
Differently from the original series, Akito The Exiled focuses more on the military aspect of Code Geass rather than the psychological one, which is the part i’m most interested in, Akito has a very intriguing backstory, but that and why he is the way he is are only told in a few short scenes and flashbacks, i think his story could’ve been much better told with a full ... series that’d allow more time for character developement

Lelouch also appears in the short series alongside Suzaku, same as before, this series is too short only giving them a few scenes and showing just a glimps of Lelouch’s mental state inbetween Code Geass and R2

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 24, 2020

Nocturnal_Nerd

Mixed Feelings

This is a review for the whole series of OVAs and also my answer to those asking themselves if they should watch it as fans of Code Geass. This means no spoilers. (Disclaimer: I´m not a native English speaker, sorry if you see some grammatical mistakes)

The short answer to that burning question is: if you love CG for everything that is not mecha related, this shows it´s not for you, the appearance of OP characters can be easily missed and it has nothing of the brilliant strategies and reflections about justice, power, treason, etc... Also, very poor writing, far away from the original series.

Now, if ... you love mechas, this series it´s spot on. The animation is incredible, and the fighting scenes with the Knightmares are very well made. In this show, they removed most of the greatness of Lelouch and his machiavellian personality and strategies, but they compensated it with great action.

That said, I gave it a 5 overall because it carries "Code Geass" in the name, and as a CG spin-off, it´s not good. Also, all that the main series presented as lore regarding the Geass, seems to be thrown away. At least I couldn´t understand a lot of things in this series, they use the Geass as a justification to name this spin-off but it doesn´t make sense.
Very poor writing in that regard. That´s why my score for Story will be a 3. Nothing regarding Geass in this one makes sense, and not to mention that the villain is the more generic villain a story can have: the "I want to destroy the world just because" type. That´s just very poor and lazy writing.

In the end, I think I wasted my time watching it. Most of the reviews I found said the contrary, but besides the great action scenes, it´s a very mediocre story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 19, 2023

Sapphire777

Not Recommended

If you just recently watched code geass seasons 1 and 2, then watch this show, you will be disappointed greatly, the akito series mini movies suck in comparison to the code geass seasons, like, I was falling asleep while watching akito. But when I was watching code geass I was always wide awake and super excited at the crazy things going. If I could go back in time, I would have never watched any of the akito series in the first place due to how much time was wasted watching it.

A 1-hour short movie should not feel like I wasted a whole day, and ... I forced myself to watch all the other akito mini movies, it sucked, I really regret watching them, I wish someone would have told me how much the akito series sucked. What especially sucked about the akito series was the use of cgi knightmares, and the ost for akito is horrible, absolutely horrible, the music is just disgusting compared to the energetic ost of code geass season 1 and 2. If you are planning on watching the akito series, please don't waste your time and watch something else, maybe the alternative timeline code geass movies are better suited for you instead of this crap. I've rewatched code geass seasons 1 and 2 three times already, I think I know what I'm talking about when I compare the plot/background music/mecha/characters at this point, also don't get me started on the plot, the plot was shitty in comparison to the TV series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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